The most important Dogme 95 films
The top 3 according to 5 votes from people: Mifune's Last Song (1999) · Truly Human (2001) · Kira's Reason: A Love Story (2001). (Updated Nov 20, 2025.)
Handheld camera, no artificial light and no director in the credits: the Dogme films from The Celebration and The Idiots to Italian for Beginners and Open Hearts, plus a few from abroad.
Automatically translated (original in Dansk). See the original
Top 12
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1
Mifune's Last Song (1999)
Dogme #3. Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. A newlywed returns to the family farm on Lolland. Silver Bear at Berlin.
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2
Truly Human (2001)
Dogme #18. Åke Sandgren. A boy brought to life from a little girl's drawing.
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3
Kira's Reason: A Love Story (2001)
Dogme #21. Ole Christian Madsen. A couple whose marriage is tested by mental illness.
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4
Open Hearts (2002)
Dogme #28. Susanne Bier. An accident changes the lives of two couples.
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5
The Celebration (1998)
Dogme #1. Thomas Vinterberg. A birthday party where the son exposes his father's abuse. Cannes Jury Prize.
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6
The Idiots (1998)
Dogme #2. Lars von Trier. A group of young people who pretend to be mentally disabled.
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7
The King Is Alive (2000)
Dogme #4. Kristian Levring. Tourists stranded in the desert stage King Lear.
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8
Italian for Beginners (2000)
Dogme #12. Lone Scherfig. Lonely people meet at an evening Italian class. Silver Bear at Berlin.
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9
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (2003)
Dogme #32. Natasha Arthy. A woman whose wedding is upset by an old flame.
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10
Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
Dogme #6. Harmony Korine, USA. A schizophrenic young man and his family, with Werner Herzog.
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11
Lovers (1999)
Dogme #5. Jean-Marc Barr, France. The first non-Danish Dogme film.
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12
In Your Hands (2004)
Dogme #34. Annette K. Olesen. A new chaplain in a women's prison.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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